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Stern Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Stern? [n] the rear part of a ship [n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on [n] United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) [adj] severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" [adj] of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [adj] not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Stern: after part \| arse \| ass \| austere \| backside \| behind \| bottom \| bum \| buns \| butt \| buttocks \| can \| demanding \| derriere \| exacting \| fanny \| fundament \| grim \| hind end \| hindquarters \| implacable \| inexorable \| Isaac Stern \| keister \| nates \| nonindulgent \| poop \| posterior \| prat \| quarter \| rear \| rear end \| relentless \| rump \| seat \| strict \| tail \| tail \| tail end \| tooshie \| tush \| unappeasable \| unforgiving \| unrelenting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Stern: See Also \| back \| body \| body part \| escutcheon \| fiddler \| rear \| ship \| skeg \| torso \| trunk \| violinist Stern In Webster's Dictionary \Stern\, n. [AS. stearn a kind of bird. See {Starling}.] (Zo["o]l.) The black tern. \Stern\, a. [Compar. {Sterner}; superl. {Sternest}.] [OE. sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk refractory. [root]166.] Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree. The sterne wind so loud gan to rout. --Chaucer. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak. When that the poor have cried, C[ae]sar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak. Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard. --Dryden. These barren rocks, your stern inheritance. --Wordsworth. Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless. \Stern\, n. [Icel. stj[=o]rn a steering, or a doubtful AS. ste['o]rn. [root]166. See {Steer}, v. t.] 1. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. 3. Fig.: The post of management or direction. And sit chiefest stern of public weal. --Shak. 4. The hinder part of anything. --Spenser. 5. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. {By the stern}. (Naut.) See {By the head}, under {By}. \Stern\, a. Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits. {Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See {Board}, n., 8 (b) . {Stern chase}. (Naut.) (a) See under {Chase}, n. (b) A stern chaser. {Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern, pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit. {Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy. {Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship. {Stern knee}. See {Sternson}. {Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a ship. {Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. {Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels.

Stern Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stern?

[n] the rear part of a ship
[n] the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
[n] United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
[adj] severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
[adj] of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
[adj] not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"

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Stern In Webster's Dictionary

\Stern\, n. [AS. stearn a kind of bird. See {Starling}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The black tern.


\Stern\, a. [Compar. {Sterner}; superl. {Sternest}.] [OE.
sterne, sturne, AS. styrne; cf. D. stuurish stern, Sw. stursk
refractory. [root]166.]
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or
aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed;
unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as,
a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern
gaze; a stern decree.

      The sterne wind so loud gan to rout.     --Chaucer.

      I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. --Shak.

      When that the poor have cried, C[ae]sar hath wept;
      Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. --Shak.

      Stern as tutors, and as uncles hard.     --Dryden.

      These barren rocks, your stern inheritance.
                                               --Wordsworth.

Syn: Gloomy; sullen; forbidding; strict; unkind;
     hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; pitiless.


\Stern\, n. [Icel. stj[=o]rn a steering, or a doubtful AS.
ste['o]rn. [root]166. See {Steer}, v. t.]
1. The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
   [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. (Naut.) The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel,
   or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.

3. Fig.: The post of management or direction.

         And sit chiefest stern of public weal. --Shak.

4. The hinder part of anything. --Spenser.

5. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a
   dog.

{By the stern}. (Naut.) See {By the head}, under {By}.


\Stern\, a.
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.

{Stern board} (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of
   way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See
   {Board}, n., 8
(b) .

{Stern chase}. (Naut.)
(a) See under {Chase}, n.
(b) A stern chaser.

{Stern chaser} (Naut.), a cannon placed in a ship's stern,
   pointing backward, and intended to annoy a ship that is in
   pursuit.

{Stern fast} (Naut.), a rope used to confine the stern of a
   ship or other vessel, as to a wharf or buoy.

{Stern frame} (Naut.), the framework of timber forms the
   stern of a ship.

{Stern knee}. See {Sternson}.

{Stern port} (Naut.), a port, or opening, in the stern of a
   ship.

{Stern sheets} (Naut.), that part of an open boat which is
   between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, --
   usually furnished with seats for passengers.

{Stern wheel}, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the
   steamboat which it propels.

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